A few months ago we got a call from a track coach who was in need of someone to photograph her team.
Jun 262011
This session was so much fun! How many of you out there remember Evil Knievel? I know I’m showing my age with that question but he serves as a perfect example for this week’s blog. I remember watching him soar thought the air with his cape blowing in the breeze as he gracefully flew over a bunch of cars. I also remember watching his video footage in slow motion and plain as day you could see the guys ear to ear grin even though he was wearing a helmet. He was totally absorbed in the moment and loving every heart pounding second of it. The Buddhist call that Zen, some say it’s nirvana, but whatever you call it…it’s an amazing place to be. I get that very same thrill when I photograph kids. Their temperaments run very hot and cold. One minute everything’s going great and the next they are screaming their lungs out. It seems like the smallest things can derail them emotionally. Not to be cruel but it’s that uncertainty that makes photographing children such a rush. You really are threading the eye of the needle, walking the razors edge, and possibly even gleaming the cube!? (I think [...]
America is really a melting pot. America takes the world’s peoples and cultures and blends them into something that can only be called….American. It’s in that spirit that we Americans elected the hotdog as one of its favorite foods. Nothing says America like random bits of random animals squished up, liquefied and then cast into the shape of a German sausage. It’s this kind of meat related forward thinking that makes America the “greatest country in the world.” A title that almost went to Canada until it was discovered that Canadian bacon was actually ham. Hey Canada, when you cheat, you only cheat yourself. Anyway back to hotdogs which are not made of dogs (please don’t tell Canada). I decided it was time to add more food related images to my stock portfolio and I turned my sights on the all mighty hotdog. For those of you who aren’t regular readers of my blog (and I wouldn’t blame you if you weren’t) I shoot images for stock photography companies like istockphoto.com and Getty Images. A stock image is a generic image that publications can use to visually convey several concepts or ideas. I upload these images and they sell day [...]
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